Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
but the cop shoppe concerned was yet to receive it as of yesterday.
"No cop shoppe of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has yet received any such warrant," said Monirul Islam, joint commissioner of the Detective Branch of police, yesterday.
"We have only heard that the court issued a warrant for the arrest of the BNP chairperson but we have not received it yet. Once we get the order we will take steps as per the court directive."
On Wednesday, the Special Judge's Court issued the warrant for the arrest of Khaleda and two other accused in two graft cases for failing to appear before the court during hearing.
In the order, the court said prime accused Khaleda Zia had so far appeared in court on only seven of 63 scheduled dates.
According to the procedures, after a court issues a warrant the assistant bench officer prepares the order document and gets it signed by the judge concerned and sends it to a bench known as "court process server" for dispatch. Warrants can also be delivered by hand.